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Geoff's genealogy resources

In the future, I may add some more general text about genealogy, tracing trees in Australia, Ireland, England (where most of our ancestry originated), and so on. So I've stuffed this with references instead.


Genealogical Software

  1. Family History System at fhs.tallahassee.net/ : FHS homepage: DOS-based, but fast. Up to 64,000 entries.
  2. Genius/Win at www.gensol.com.au/genius.htm : Genius for Windows application. 5,000 entries max. Win3
  3. PAF Review. at www.genealogy.org/~paf/@commrcl.html : Up-to-date info on PAF and its utilities at Mike St. Clair's
  4. Helm's Toolbox at aries.uihr.uiuc.edu/helm/genealogy.html : Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
  5. Gen-Book at www.foothill.net/~genbook/ : convert GED/PAF files to WordPerfect or MS Word

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General Genealogical Resources

  1. Ancestry Library: Genealogy Databases at www.ancestry.com/ancestry/library.asp (Yeah, I know - active server pages...)
  2. Cyndi's List at www.CyndisList.com/ : of Genealogy Sites on the Internet. This is the best and largest collection of carefully maintained links on the 'Net I know of.
  3. A Barrel of Links at cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html
  4. Gathering of the Clans at www.tartans.com : Scottish clans
  5. The Genealogy Homepage at www.genhomepage.com : A page of many genealogy links
  6. Resources at www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/gen_gop.html : Genealogy Resources on the Internet
  7. Irene Hand's Homepage at www.thecore.com/~hand/genealogy : Lots of links and information
  8. NGS - Home at genealogy.org/NGS/ : National Genealogical Society - Home Page
  9. NGS at genealogy.org/NGS/netguide/welcome.html : NetGuide Index
  10. Roots Surname List at www.smartlink.net/~leverich/rsl-index.html
  11. Surname Springboard at www.polaris.net/~legend/spring.htm : Just full of links to homepages of family researchers, view the pages listed or add your own entry.
  12. Surname Springboard Index at www.geocities.com/~alacy/springin.htm : List of surnames with links to their homepages. Add your own entry.
  13. Surnames at www.clanhuston.com/name/name.htm : Origins and meanings of many surnames. Is your family name there? (!Are mine?!)
  14. World Family Tree at www.inlink.com/~nomi/wftlist.html : email addresses/homepages of submitters to Broderbund's World Family Tree CDs.
  15. World GenWeb Project at www.dsenter.com/worldgenweb/ : Links to other countries in the world.
  16. Ancestry Inc. at www.ancestry.com : Site for amateur and professional genealogists

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From soc.genealogy.australia+nz (19970922 & 29)

  1. Rootsweb IRC at http://www.iigs.org/ : Rootsweb hosts IRC at the International Internet Genealogical Society (IIGS)
  2. Time zone at www.admin.uow.edu.au/iigs/time_chart.html : For conversions to your time zone
  3. IRC at www.links.org/surnames.htm : Camilla Gemmingen von Massenbach & genealogy IRC
  4. Cemtracker at www.cemtracker.com : World-wide database of cemeteries and their occupants
  5. LDS at www.lds.org : Latter Day Saints, Utah
  6. New York Public Library at www.nypl.org/research/chss/lhg/genea.html : Genealogy and History Division
  7. New York State Archives at unix6.nysed.gov/holding/fact/natur-fa.htm : Naturalization and Immigration Records
  8. Museum, New York City at www.mcny.org/mcny/irish.html : Historical Exhibit on the Irish in NY
  9. Kimberlie Groth at www.flash.net/~chablis/famhist/gendex.htm : Pages In Time - Genealogy Homepages
  10. Tall Trees at www.users.bigpond.com/Tall_Trees/ : Tall Trees Family History (Australian site)
  11. Parchment at www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~rayday : The Parchment Pages (The Genealogy Resource Centre)
  12. Genealogy Related Newsgroups at www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/newsgrou.htm
  13. genealogy.com at www.genealogy.com/
  14. marketplace at www.prairienet.org/~mjolson/market.html : soc.genealogy.marketplace FAQ

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Australian Family History

  1. AFT at www.aftc.com.au/ : Australian Family Tree Connections
  2. Informit at www.informit.com.au/ : Informit - Electronic Publishing & Training - they publish the various Australian state's cdrom versions of their birth/death/marriage indexes.
  3. Victoria, Australia at www.vicnet.net.au/~aagra/ : Welcome to Victoria genealogy resources
  4. Surnames at www.on.net/users/proformat/ausnames.html : Australasian Surname Lists
  5. Australasian Passenger Lists at www.users.on.net/proformat/auspass.html
  6. Australian Archives at www.aa.gov.au
  7. Sally Shine at members.net-tech.com.au/shine/sally.htm : Her excellent home page
  8. Shipping passenger lists to Aus and NZ at www.users.on.net/proformat/auspass.html
  9. s.g.a+nz at www.rootsweb.com/~billingh/genanz-l.htm : soc.genealogy.australia+nz archives
  10. Greg Munro at www.acay.com.au/~gsm : His home page
  11. Tassie ships at www.concentric.net/~Mikerice/hl/aus/ : Tasmanian shipping records
  12. Helplist at www.concentric.net/~Mikerice/hl/aus/index.shtml : Genealogy Helplist Page

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Irish History

  1. All Things Irish at www.ireland.com/
  2. Tracing your Irish ancestors at www.bess.tcd.ie/roots_ie.htm
  3. Armagh Genealogy resources at www.bess.tcd.ie/roots/prototyp/armagh.html
  4. Cork sources for genealogy at www.bess.tcd.ie/roots/prototyp/cork.html
  5. County Cork local historical societies at world.std.com/~ahern/cork.html
  6. Local public Libraries in County Cork at snowball.ucd.ie/~library/map/cork.html
  7. Cork Surnames at homepages.iol.ie/~irishrts/CorkNames.html
  8. Down sources at www.bess.tcd.ie/roots/prototyp/down.html
  9. Ireland Genealogical Web at members.aol.com/celticgen/
  10. B, D and M at www.kst.dit.ie/nat-arch/genealogy.html : Irish Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths since 1864
  11. Booterstown at members.aol.com/Odea97/IRELANDGENEALOGY.html : Catherine O'Dea's page
  12. Galway, the complete guide at www.wombat.ie/galwayguide/
  13. Genealogical Guide to Ireland at www.bess.tcd.ie/irlgen/genweb2.htm
  14. Eire resources at www.millsann.com/Gaelnet/eire/
  15. Ireland at itdsrv1.ul.ie/Information/Ireland.html : The Internet Collection
  16. IFHF at www.mayo-ireland.ie/roots.htm : Irish Family History Foundation
  17. Irish Passenger Ship Lists at genealogy.org/~ajmorris/ireland/ireemg.htm
  18. Irish names at www.people.cornell.edu/pages/fch2/Irishnames.html : Fiona Hyland's list (100+)
  19. IRLGEN at www.bess.tcd.ie/roots_ie.htm : IRLGEN Welcome Page
  20. Irish Genealogical Society, International at www.rootsweb.com/~irish/ : Irish Historical and Family History Links
  21. Mayo Surnames at www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/SurnamesList/MAY.html : Mayo Surnames list
  22. Mayo sources at www.bess.tcd.ie/roots/prototyp/mayo.html
  23. National Archives of Ireland at 147.252.133.152/nat-arch/genealogy.html
  24. NI FHS at www.os.qub.ac.uk/nifhs/ : The North of Ireland Family History Society
  25. TIARA at world.std.com/~ahern/TIARA.html : The Irish Ancestral Research Association
  26. Tyrone Surnames at pw2.netcom.com/~vanessa1/tyrone.html : Surname List
  27. Tyrone Towns at pw2.netcom.com/~vanessa1/towns.html : Towns and Parishes
  28. Tyrone sources at www.bess.tcd.ie/roots/prototyp/tyrone.html : sources for genealogy
  29. Scots-Irish Immig at www.zekes.com/~dspidell/ulster.html : 18th Century immigration to Eire

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Irish Family Heritage Centres

Computerizing parish records - Search service (fee) Sources are all at www.mayo-ireland.ie/Geneal/(county) :
Antrim/Down # Armagh # Carlow # Cavan # Clare # Cork # Derry # Londonderry # Donegal # Dublin # Fermanagh # Tyrone # Galway # Kerry # Kildare # Kilkenny # Leix (Laois\King's)/Offaly (Queen's) # Leitrim # Limerick # Longford # Louth # Mayo # Meath # Monaghan # Mayo (North) # Mayo (South) # Roscommon # Sligo # Tipperary # Waterford # Wexford # Wicklow # Westmeath

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Irish Newspapers/Radio

  1. Anderstown News at www.iol.ie/anderstown-news/
  2. Belfast Telegraph at www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/
  3. Clare Champion at www.iol.ie/~galvo/clachamp.htm
  4. Dublin Event Guide at www.dkm.ie/events/dublin/
  5. In Dublin (magazine) at www.indublin.ie/
  6. Galway Advertiser at www.iol.ie/resource/ga/
  7. Irish News, Global Edition at www.irishnews.com/
  8. Irish Times at www.irish-times.com/cgi-bin/today/
  9. Munster Express at www.iol.ie/~munster/
  10. Westmeath Examiner at www.westmeath-examiner.ie
  11. Read Ireland books at readireland.ie/
  12. RTE, The National broadcaster at www.rte.ie
  13. 2FM, radio at www.iol.ie/2fm/
  14. FM 104, radio at www.iol.ie/fm104/
  15. Dublin VR at www.fusio.com/dublinvr

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Anglo-Irish Links

  1. I&UK surnames at boulmer.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/SurnamesList/FIDONET-IUK/ : Fidonet I&UK surnames list (GENUKI)
  2. GENUKI at midas.ac.uk/genuki/big/ : UK & Ireland: GENUKI
  3. UK+Ireland at midas.ac.uk/genuki/ : UK+Ireland: Homepage for Genealogy

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English History

  1. UKLancs at members.aol.com/uklancs/linframe.htm : UKLancs web sites
  2. UKLancs: Plewes at members.aol.com/uklancs/ : UKLancs: Plewes personal page
  3. Parchment at www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~rayday : The Parchment Pages (The Genealogy Resource Centre)
  4. Newsgroups at www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/newsgrou.htm : Genealogy Related Newsgroups

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Search Tools

  1. Hall of Names International at www.infokey.com/hon : Surname lookup
  2. I Found It! at www.phillynet.com/~familytree/ifoundit.htm : Search engine for genealogy-related sites
    Category/keyword search. Also add urls your home page.
  3. National Archives and Records Administration at www.nara.gov : NARA: genealogical info and some searchable databases online.
  4. Roots Database at www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/ : Roots Surname Database
  5. Roots Name Finder at searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/Genea/rsl : Roots Surname List Name Finder
  6. Lineage, Inc. at www.lineagesnet.com/vault/default.asp : Searchable genealogical records.
  7. Surname searches at www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9760 : Surname searches online - 85 sets available (late-1997)
  8. Surnames at www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/SurnamesList/ : Surnames Lists

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